ovens and more!
Turn down service is only 2 slugs at the wonderful state correctional facility.
I wish I was kidding.
I called a buddy of mine who still works at the prison I left several years ago tonight just to catch up. After talking about our kids and other things, I asked him how things were going at work and if they had improved any since they terminated the previous warden. Apparently they have changed for the better... but not the better of the operations/security of the institution, nor for the better of society. But boy are the inmates ever pleased.
I left because I could see the place was on a downward spiral with its sights set firmly embracing a "hug-a-thug" mentality. I never could have imagined the depths to which a facility designed for the express purpose of housing violent felons could sink.
When I left there were 4 "privledge levels" for the inmates with the highest level granting inmates access to the honor unit housing. They have since added two more levels and more "perks" to go with them. Now inmates of PL5 and above who feel the need to feed their sweet tooth can make their own milkshakes right on the honor unit with the wonderful commercial grade machine the prison purchased. In need of a late night snack, they need to look no further than the deep freeze and pizza ovens.
Yes they have to pay for these amenities, but its a prison not a daycamp for spoiled children.
They've brought back free weights which are banned in most prisons because: A) they make great weapons and B) help them bulk up even more than resistance training machines to build bigger and better criminals.
There's a laundry list of other things (mostly security related) that have changed for the worse but I won't bother going into detail here since outside of the two other current COs on the forums it would require too much explanation as to what the changes are and why they are a terrible idea.
My buddy told me that there is even talk of the facility looking into the logistics of running a DVD rental service for the inmates.
Turn down service is only 2 slugs at the wonderful state correctional facility.
I wish I was kidding.
I called a buddy of mine who still works at the prison I left several years ago tonight just to catch up. After talking about our kids and other things, I asked him how things were going at work and if they had improved any since they terminated the previous warden. Apparently they have changed for the better... but not the better of the operations/security of the institution, nor for the better of society. But boy are the inmates ever pleased.
I left because I could see the place was on a downward spiral with its sights set firmly embracing a "hug-a-thug" mentality. I never could have imagined the depths to which a facility designed for the express purpose of housing violent felons could sink.
When I left there were 4 "privledge levels" for the inmates with the highest level granting inmates access to the honor unit housing. They have since added two more levels and more "perks" to go with them. Now inmates of PL5 and above who feel the need to feed their sweet tooth can make their own milkshakes right on the honor unit with the wonderful commercial grade machine the prison purchased. In need of a late night snack, they need to look no further than the deep freeze and pizza ovens.
Yes they have to pay for these amenities, but its a prison not a daycamp for spoiled children.
They've brought back free weights which are banned in most prisons because: A) they make great weapons and B) help them bulk up even more than resistance training machines to build bigger and better criminals.
There's a laundry list of other things (mostly security related) that have changed for the worse but I won't bother going into detail here since outside of the two other current COs on the forums it would require too much explanation as to what the changes are and why they are a terrible idea.
My buddy told me that there is even talk of the facility looking into the logistics of running a DVD rental service for the inmates.
